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They were fueled hy his American.’ His second wife and second child divorce in 1995 and by surrounding himself with were hy his side. a staff composed largely ot That statement was an attractive young men, attempt to draw attention away who some tix)k to calling from the tact that McGreevey “the lavender hill mob.” had put his male paramour, He was spotted at Stu Golan Cipel, on the state payroll dio Six, “Atlantic City’s at a top salary, in a position for hottest gay nightspot,” which he was not qualified. on at least two different Cipel later fled the media circus Saturday nights during to his native Israel. the 2001 campaign for A series of “he said, he said” governor. He always accusations of sexual harassment headed upstairs to the and blackmail, tossed out by the quiet VIP room. Cipel and McGreevey camps, McGreevey met Cipel fed tabloid coverage during the while on a trade mission en-suing weeks. Cipel denied he to Israel in March 2000, was gay and claimed to have three weeks after propos resisted McGreevey’s sexual ing to his second wife, advances through the years. McGreevey: Gay and proud American Dina Matos. Cipel sixm Federal investigators found no evidence to moved to New Jersey and became involved in substantiate the charge that McGreevey had the campaign for governor and later in senior been blackmailed. positions within McGreevey’s administration. McGreevey’s delayed resignation was anoth Cipel was frequently observed in the private er source of controversy, as it prevented a spe quarters of the governor’s mansion. After one cial election to fill out the remaining 14 early morning encounter, an unnamed former months of his term. And his administration was administration official told the Star-Ledger: “It plagued by charges of corruption. was very obvious he had spent the night. You The Newark Star-Ledger, the state’s leading don’t go to the governor’s mansion with a sweat newspaper, published an expose of McGreevey’s suit on. His hair &as not combed. His face did seamy side Nov. 7 under the headline “The not lix)k like he washed it.” Governor’s Secret Life.” It detailed how he had But it appears their affair turned sour, and developed a fondness for go-go bars and strip Cipel left the administration. McGreevey joints early in his political career, perhaps as a financially tcxik care of his ex hy arranging jobs form of overcompensation for internal ques with political supporters, but Cipel’s demands tions about his sexual orientation. kept escalating until McGreevey and his allies The bar-hopping became so commonplace could no longer buy his silence. That is when that his staff developed a euphemism for it: the governor called his news conference. “McGreevey is out knocking on doors in Sayre- The McGreevey family is moving out of the« ville,” the location ot his most frequent haunts. governor’s mansion into an apartment complex A female prostitute, Myra Rosa, claimed near the town of Woodhridgc, where he served McGreevey paid to have sex with her on as mayor. in numerous occasions. She began making more public noises about it during the 1997 guber B ob R oehr is a free-lance reporter based in natorial campaign, and supporters paid $5,000 W ashington, D .C . 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